Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Whatever Apple announces this week, it won’t be what I really want. It’ll be fun to see a new iPhone and, possibly, the near-mythical iWatch, but I want something more radical. I want the tech gi...
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Android KitKat. Yes, that’s actually what Google is calling the latest version of its mobile operating system. Android 4.4 had been on track to be known as Android Key Lime Pie until the switcheroo....
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A very rich man had a wife, now they've split. That's none of our business, right? That was certainly my reaction last night when a radio producer called me to get my "take" on Michael Douglas and Cat...
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On this day, 23-years-ago, Tim Berners-Lee opened the World Wide Web to new users. His gift has unlocked incredible opportunity and creativity – but also unleashed the hell hounds of bile-flecke...
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Alan Rusbridger’s pushy government pen pal has been outed. Not by The Guardian but by The Daily Mail. It revealed last night that the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, was sent by the Prime Min...
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All the biggest technology companies have products that millions of people use, that millions of people like – and then they suddenly go and change them for no reason. The latest crime has been com...
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Facebook already owns your births, your weddings, your funerals, your breakups and your tastes. Even if you opt out, someone you know is posting pictures of you there. They’re including you in their...
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It used to be that our past selves were locked in diaries and preserved in the amber hue of fading photographs. It was easier to self-edit; embarrassing images seen only by close friends, family and t...
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David Cameron's quest to clean up the dark corners of the internet continues. As I’ve written before, his policies are ignorant and technically implausible. His latest attack on Google and its comp...
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The fallout from the Prism leak continues. As people digest what the leaks mean, ripples are going out into the business community. Firms were moving towards free, American, reliable cloud-based servi...
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